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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Security Council Statement on humanitarian situation Syria

As
the conflict in Syria enters its fifth year, the members of the
Security Council expressed their deep concern that the people of
Syria continue to suffer from deteriorating conditions, with
devastating consequences. They also expressed deep concern that
over half of Syria’s pre-war population — some 12.2 million
people — and the more than 3.9 million Syrian refugees in
neighbouring countries are in desperate need of humanitarian
assistance.

The
members of the Security Council highlighted that the lack of funding
for the United Nations and its implementing partners has already
forced humanitarian agencies to reduce food rations for Syrians by 30
per cent and that for every $1 million the UN cannot raise for its
Syria programmes, some 227,000 people lose vital health services.
They also stressed that unless urgent funding is received before May
2015, one million Syrian children who are not attending school will
not be able to access alternative education options.

The
members of the Security Council noted that the Syria Response Plan’s
appeal for $2.9 billion is only 9 percent funded, and the Syria
Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan’s appeal for $4.5 billion is
only 6 percent funded.

The
members of the Security Council therefore welcomed the upcoming Third
International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria to be hosted
by Kuwait on 31 March, and encouraged the international community to
respond with generous pledges of new humanitarian and development
funding towards the UN appeals for 2015.